Cepeda v. State, 46375

Decision Date07 February 1973
Docket NumberNo. 46375,46375
Citation489 S.W.2d 907
PartiesArthur Duran CEPEDA et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
CourtTexas Court of Criminal Appeals

Joseph (Sib) Abraham, Jr., Anthony C. Aguilar, El Paso, for appellants.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty., Gary B. Weiser, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a final judgment forfeiting an appearance bond.

Appellant Cepeda was principal and appellant Abraham was the sole surety on the appearance bond.

Appellants contend that the court erred in forfeiting the bond inasmuch as the State did not aver or in any way show that the principal on the bond was the person named in the subsequent proceedings.

It is appellants' position that there is a material variance between the bond which reflects the name of Arthur Cepeda as principal and Joseph Abraham, Jr., as surety and the judgment nisi returned jointly against Arthur Duran Cepeda as principal and Joseph Abraham, Jr., as surety.

Appellants argue that the State failed to prove that Arthur Cepeda and Arthur Duran Cepeda are one and the same person.

The middle name is not essential and deleting or adding the middle name or middle initial does not create a variance. Thompson v. State, 169 Tex.Cr.R. 495, 335 S.W.2d 226; Harris v. State, 169 Tex.Cr.R. 298, 333 S.W.2d 381; Lott v. State, 164 Tex.Cr.R. 395, 299 S.W.2d 145.

No error is shown.

The judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the Court.

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3 cases
  • Martin v. State, 50921
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 6 Octubre 1976
    ...30 (1881); Hill v. State, 103 Tex.Cr.R. 580, 281 S.W. 1071 (1926); Williams v. State, 461 S.W.2d 614 (Tex.Cr.App.1971); Cepeda v. State, 489 S.W.2d 907 (Tex.Cr.App.1973); Swaim v. State, 498 S.W.2d 188 (Tex.Cr.App.1973). The variance between the allegation that the complainant's middle name......
  • Evans v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 15 Mayo 1974
    ...a variance since it is not essential to allege a middle name. See Swain v. State, 498 S.W.2d 188 (Tex.Cr.App.1973); Cepeda v. State, 489 S.W.2d 907 (Tex.Cr.App.1973).2 In the Court's charge the name Daniel Wier was used without objection.3 The complainant's name was alleged to be R. J. Huck......
  • Allegheny Casualty v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 12 Julio 2001
    ...between names of parties to bond and names of parties against whom judgment nisi is taken is fatal), with Cepeda v. State, 489 S.W.2d 907, 908 (Tex. Crim. App. 1973) (middle names not essential, such that adding or deleting does not create 19. Hokr, 545 S.W.2d at 466; Bob Smith Bail Bonds, ......

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